| Shining grass | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Agrostidinae |
| Genus: | Triplachne Link |
| Species: | T. nitens |
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| Triplachne nitens (Guss.) Link | |
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Triplachne is a genus of seaside plants in the grass family, native to shorelines in the Mediterranean region from the Canary Islands to Turkey. The only known species is Triplachne nitens, called shining grass. It is native to Spain (incl Canary + Balearic Is), Portugal (incl Madeira), Sicily, Greece (incl Crete), Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt (incl Sinai), Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Israel.
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1833. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 2: 241-242 in Latin
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- Grass Genera of the World by L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz detailed description in English
- Altervista Flora Italiana, Codino lucido, Shining Grass, Triplachne nitens (Guss.) Link
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Triplachne |
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| Triplachne nitens |
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